Hymenophyllum applanatum

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Family Hymenophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Apteropteris applanata A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams (nomenclatural synonym)
Sphaerocionium applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) K.Iwats. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Apteropteris malingii (Hook.) Copel. (misapplied)
Hymenophyllum malingii (Hook.) Mett. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (12), Mokany_2015 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 10 traits from 19 records in 5 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 901.22 mm2 (721.22-1081.23 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (5-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 13.75 mm (5-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	6	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Mokany_2015	1	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.